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What do you want the Blue Mountains to be like in 10 years? Sustainable Blue Mountains 2025 (SBM 2025) is the City’s over arching strategic plan. It identifies the priorities and aspirations of the community for our local area over the next 10 years.
What do you want the Blue Mountains to be like in 10 years? Sustainable Blue Mountains 2025 (SBM 2025) is the City’s over arching strategic plan. It identifies the priorities and aspirations of the community for our local area over the next 10 years. SBM 2025 presents a shared plan for all stakeholders – Council, community, business sector and other levels of Government – to work together to achieve. It outlines the Vision, Objectives and Strategies for the achievement of a sustainable Blue Mountains by 2025 through Six Key Directions for our City:
- Key Direction 1 Looking After Environment – AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE CITY
- Key Direction 2 Using land – A LIVEABLE CITY
- Key Direction 3 Moving Around – AN ACCESSIBLE CITY
- Key Direction 4 Looking After People – AN INCLUSIVE, HEALTHY & VIBRANT CITY
- Key Direction 5 Sustainable Economy – AN ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE CITY
- Key Direction 6 Civic Leadership – INSPIRING LEADERSHIP
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How will we fund and resource Sustainable Blue Mountains 2025? How can the Council provide a level of service that meets community needs and is affordable? The Resourcing Strategy 2013-2023 sets out the Council’s financial capability over the next 10 years to resource implementation of SBM 2025.
How will we fund and resource Sustainable Blue Mountains 2025? How can the Council provide a level of service that meets community needs and is affordable? The Resourcing Strategy 2013-2023 sets out the Council’s financial capability over the next 10 years to resource implementation of SBM 2025. It outlines the Six Key Strategies for strengthening the financial position of the Council and the City. This plan includes:
- The Long-Term Financial Plan 2013-2023
- The Workforce Management Strategy 2013-2023
- The Asset Management Strategy & Policy 2013-2023
- Summary Dashboards: Service & Asset Management Plans 2013-2023 (companion document)
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What actions and projects should the Council focus on over the next 4 years? The Delivery Program 2013-2017 Incorporating the Operational Plan 2013-2014 outlines what the Council will do – within available resources – in response to SBM 2025.
What actions and projects should the Council focus on over the next 4 years? The Delivery Program 2013-2017 Incorporating the Operational Plan 2013-2014 outlines what the Council will do – within available resources – in response to SBM 2025. It includes:
- The Council’s 35 Top Priority Actions
- Detailed actions and focus for each service area
- Proposed new, upgrade and renewal asset works
- Detailed financial information
- Fees and Charges 2013-2014 (supplementary document)
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After a public exhibition period from 12 November to 16 December 2012, the Council has applied to IPART to renew an expiring special variation to rates for infrastructure on an ongoing basis. Continuing this variation will ensure the Council has the funds to replace the annual borrowings for asset works in order to reduce the projected deterioration of the condition of priority infrastructure (that is roads, stormwater and recreation facilities).
After a public exhibition period from 12 November to 16 December 2012, the Council has applied to IPART to renew an expiring special variation to rates for infrastructure on an ongoing basis. Continuing this variation will ensure the Council has the funds to replace the annual borrowings for asset works in order to reduce the projected deterioration of the condition of priority infrastructure (that is roads, stormwater and recreation facilities).
If approved by IPART, revenue raised will be expended in accordance with the ten year Asset Works Program with $18.5 million being directed to renewal works and $4.5 million being directed to regular maintenance programs for parks, town centres and roads. A detailed program of renewal works for the next four years is provided in the Asset Works Program of the Delivery Program Incorporating the Operational Plan.
Further information of the continuation of the special variation can be accessed at www.bluemountainshaveyoursay.com.au/ourcityourfuture
The Peer-to-Peer Interview Project was a collaboration between the Mountains Youth Services Team (MYST) and Blue Mountains City Council. The purpose was to obtain the views of young people on issues affecting their lives. This video is created from some of the 57 interviews conducted with young people across the city.
Young people across the Blue Mountains were given video cameras and were asked to interview each other using the following questions:
What do you like most about living in the Blue Mountains?
Thinking about your immediate local neighbourhood, what would you say is the most important issue at the moment?
What career and life ambitions do you have for when you leave school?
Will your career and life ambitions enable you to continue to live in the Blue Mountains? Yes or No.
If not, why not?
The video was compiled by Michael Hanlon.
